Lot #: 394
Price Realized: $2,415.00
($2,100 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 10 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Extremely Rare One-Gallon Stoneware Cream Jar with Cobalt Decoration of a Man's Bust, Stamped "WHITES UTICA", New York State origin, circa 1865, ovoid jar with tooled shoulder, semi-rounded rim, and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a man's bust with mustache, goatee, and well-executed hair, flanked by foliate motifs. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and handle terminals. Some fairly innocuous, light fry to cobalt. A 4" Y-shaped crack at base, which continues onto underside and connects to two thinner lines. Wear and shallow chips throughout exterior of rim, including a 1 1/2" chip to side of rim. Additional wear to interior of rim. Two small chips to one handle. A shallow 5/8" chip to end of opposite handle. An approximately 3 3/4" Y-shaped surface line to reverse, not visible on interior.
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